rapper

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English

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Etymology

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From rap +‎ -er.

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Noun

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rapper (plural rappers)

  1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
    1. The knocker of a door.
    2. (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
    3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
  2. (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
    He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.
  3. (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
  4. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  5. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
  7. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)

  1. rapper (practitioner of rap music)
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Verb

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rapper

  1. present of rappe

Etymology 2

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Verb

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rapper

  1. present of rappe

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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rapper

  1. comparative degree of rap

Etymology 2

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From English rapper. By surface analysis, rappen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛpər/ or as in English
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rap‧per

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rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)

  1. rapper (performer of rap music)

French

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Etymology 1

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From English rap +‎ -er.

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rapper

  1. (music) to speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English rapper.

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Noun

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rapper m (plural rappers)

  1. (music) rapper

Portuguese

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Noun

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rapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)

  1. rapper (hip hop performer)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English rapper.

Noun

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rapper m (plural rapperi)

  1. rapper

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